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Drivers · 43

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Driver	St	Form index▼	This trackAvg finish	·Wins	·Top 5	·Top 10	·Avg start	·Laps led %	·Rating	·Avg running pos	·Pace rank	·Fire-off rank	·Long-run rank	·vs teammates	·Make wins	SimilarAvg finish	·Pace rank	FormLast 5 avg	·% off best (5)	·Trend	·Avg start	·Consistency	·Comeback	·Stage pts/race	·Closing	·Passes/race	·Quality pass %	·Top-10 laps %	Pit & restartsRestart gain	·Pit avg	·Pit rank	ErrorsPenalties/race	·Errors/race	·DNF %	PlayoffsPoints	·Last visit	·Career here
6Mark Martin	29	66	8.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	6.6¹⁰	14.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.4⁶	15⁵⁰	14.6¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	15.2³⁵	11.7³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1988: P36 from 7	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 9.3
20Tony Stewart	22	65	10.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	9.4%¹⁰	102.6⁵	—	—	—	—	-6.9¹⁰	1⁵⁰	6.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-19.0⁶	16.9³⁵	11.6³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P1 from 11 · led 153	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.3
29Kevin Harvick	37	63	13.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	10.1%¹⁰	106.7⁷	6.2¹⁰	4.8⁸	6.0⁸	4.1⁸	-5.2¹⁰	25⁵⁰	17.8¹²	8.9¹²	12.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	15.4³⁴	10.3³⁴	+1.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁴	2.9%³⁴	—	2002: P17 from 25	41 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 8.3
9Bill Elliott	6	62	15.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.3¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0³	0⁵⁰	7.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-11.0⁶	13.9³⁵	11.7³⁵	-5.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1988: P4 from 6	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.4
5Terry Labonte	23	62	8.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	5.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.8⁴	25⁵⁰	13.3¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	31.0³⁵	9.8³⁵	+6.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1988: P2 from 17 · led 2	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
24Jeff Gordon	14	59	10.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	8¹⁰	10.3¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.1¹⁰	25⁵⁰	18.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+15.7⁶	9.4³⁵	12.3³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P35 from 9 · led 48	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
36Ken Schrader	10	59	14.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.9⁹	1⁵⁰	13.7¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	23.2³⁵	9.9³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1988: P14 from 24	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.0
18Bobby Labonte	18	59	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.5⁴	1⁵⁰	21.2¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	17.8³⁵	12.1³⁵	+3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1993: P8 from 20 · led 2	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.8
88Dale Jarrett	16	57	16.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0³	15⁵⁰	24.0¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-15.3⁶	14.7³⁵	12.4³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1988: P31 from 32	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
28Ricky Rudd	21	57	19.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	11.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0⁴	15⁵⁰	18.7¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	12.9³⁵	13.1³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1988: P26 from 4 · led 183	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.3
10Johnny Benson Jr.	13	56	21.0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	2⁸	19.6⁸	0.2%⁸	34.4¹	—	—	—	—	-1.3⁴	1⁵⁰	17.3¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-12.0⁶	17.8³⁵	11.8³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1996: P32 from 23	8 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.0
99Jeff Burton	3	56	13.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.8⁸	15⁵⁰	24.0¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	22.0³⁵	11.3³⁵	+6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1994: P27 from 36	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
2Rusty Wallace	4	56	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	4.9¹⁰	15.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁵⁰	19.6¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-6.3⁶	15.5³⁵	11.7³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1988: P5 from 2 · led 67	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.7
40Sterling Marlin	31	56	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.5²	0⁵⁰	17.9¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	15.0³⁵	10.7³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1988: P10 from 9 · led 11	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.8
97Kurt Busch	41	53	13.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	14.3%¹⁰	95.4⁶	12.6⁹	13.0⁵	12.8⁵	13.4⁵	-9.1¹⁰	15⁵⁰	23.9¹²	14.3¹¹	24.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	29.1³⁴	13.1³⁴	+3.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2000: P29 from 26	38 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
17Matt Kenseth	38	53	18.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	97.0⁶	20.2²	25.0¹	26.0¹	27.0¹	+2.8¹⁰	15⁵⁰	15.6¹²	16.0⁶	21.4⁵	—	+1.0⁶	27.5³⁵	10.2³⁵	+8.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2000: P42 from 12	31 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	30	53	17.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	9.9%¹⁰	82.7⁶	—	—	—	—	+1.1¹⁰	25⁵⁰	19.7¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-21.7⁶	16.3³⁵	11.6³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P27 from 18	29 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
22Ward Burton	33	51	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.8²	0⁵⁰	28.5¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.1³⁵	13.7³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1994: P21 from 27	12 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 27.5
19Casey Atwood	1	51	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁵⁰	23.9¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	20.7³⁴	10.5³⁴	-4.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	first start here	—
55Bobby Hamilton	17	51	18.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	4.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.6²	25⁵⁰	16.5¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+27.3⁶	22.5³⁵	10.4³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1989: P32 from 5 · led 4	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.6
11Brett Bodine	12	50	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.0¹	15⁵⁰	16.2¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	28.4³⁵	9.8³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1988: P43 from 22	13 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 25.0
02Ryan Newman	25	50	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	87.3⁶	20.0⁸	28.3⁴	28.0⁴	28.5⁴	+0.5¹⁰	15⁵⁰	6.4¹²	22.3¹²	30.6⁵	—	+26.3⁶	12.3⁶	16.4⁶	-9.8⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	16.7%⁶	—	2000: P41 from 10	38 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
45Kyle Petty	28	49	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0³	0⁵⁰	19.6¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+3.3⁶	27.4²³	8.4²³	-3.2²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	30.4%²³	—	1988: P17 from 25	22 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 24.8
7Kevin Lepage	35	49	22.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	32.3⁶	0.1%⁶	36.9¹	—	—	—	—	+5.5³	15⁵⁰	21.1¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	28.3²⁸	10.4²⁸	+2.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1998: P13 from 25	6 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 22.7
43John Andretti	2	48	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.6⁴	0⁵⁰	27.8¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	23.1³⁴	9.4³⁴	-3.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	1993: P40 from 34	13 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.5
26Jimmy Spencer	32	48	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	15⁵⁰	25.3¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+9.3⁶	19.3³⁵	11.8³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1989: P10 from 34	14 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.9
21Elliott Sadler	39	48	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	61.1⁵	—	—	—	—	+3.2⁷	15⁵⁰	18.7¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+13.3⁶	28.1³⁵	9.9³⁵	+5.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P27 from 40	18 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.5
33Joe Nemechek	34	47	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	36.1¹	—	—	—	+0.2⁶	25⁵⁰	24.0¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	21.1³⁰	10.8³⁰	-1.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1994: P25 from 16	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 29.6
66Todd Bodine	11	46	24.4⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	25.7⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁵⁰	24.7¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	16.9³⁴	11.8³⁴	-9.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	35.3%³⁴	—	1993: P25 from 30	9 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.4
15Michael Waltrip	26	46	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵⁰	20.0¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+9.0⁶	21.5³⁵	11.2³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1988: P28 from 11	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 25.4
1Kenny Wallace	7	45	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.6⁴	25⁵⁰	18.6¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	26.1²³	10.9²³	-0.9²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	26.1%²³	—	1991: P43 from 41	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.1
90Rick Mast	27	44	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁵⁰	23.5¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	32.1¹⁶	7.7¹⁶	+0.6¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	1990: P7 from 7	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.0
93Dave Blaney	20	44	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	55.2⁷	—	—	—	—	+1.0⁴	0⁵⁰	29.7¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.3³⁵	11.3³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P8 from 13	21 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 28.7
31Robby Gordon	42	43	30.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	51.8⁶	—	—	—	—	+9.3⁴	25⁵⁰	23.3¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	31.8¹⁶	12.1¹⁶	+5.9¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	1996: P42 from 32	19 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 30.3
44Buckshot Jones	19	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁵⁰	30.8¹⁰	—	31.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	32.0²⁹	6.5²⁹	-1.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	first start here	—
14Ron Hornaday Jr.	8	42	28.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	32.2⁵	0.1%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁰	35.7⁶	—	21.0⁵	—	-11.0⁶	28.1³¹	8.4³¹	-2.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1992: P25 from 41	5 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 28.8
77Robert Pressley	5	42	29.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	21.8⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁵⁰	26.2¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	+5.3⁶	26.5³³	11.8³³	+3.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	24.2%³³	—	1995: P19 from 11	6 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 29.8
12Mike Wallace	24	41	30.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	36.0⁸	0.0%⁸	39.2²	—	—	—	—	+6.5¹	15⁵⁰	23.0¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	-10.3⁶	31.5²⁸	10.9²⁸	+6.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1991: P31 from 38	8 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 30.1
4Bobby Hamilton Jr.	43	38	28.7³	0³	0³	0³	19.3³	0.0%³	38.5²	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵⁰	29.9¹⁰	—	33.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	27.0⁹	11.0⁹	-1.4⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	33.3%⁹	—	2004: P16 from 32	3 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 28.7
32Ricky Craven	9	37	31.4⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	34.8⁸	0.1%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	+29.0¹	15⁵⁰	25.7¹²	—	36.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	20.9³⁵	12.7³⁵	-3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1995: P24 from 40 · led 1	8 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 31.4
01Jason Leffler	36	36	34.0³	0³	0³	0³	31.3³	0.0%³	36.3²	—	—	—	—	+5.3²	0⁵⁰	28.4¹¹	—	33.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	28.4²⁹	8.6²⁹	+1.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	2002: P31 from 36	3 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 34.0
25Jerry Nadeau	40	35	33.0³	0³	0³	0³	36.3³	0.2%³	—	—	—	—	—	+11.0¹	25⁵⁰	32.6¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	21.8³⁵	12.5³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1998: P39 from 34	3 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 33.0
92Stacy Compton	15	34	39.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	42.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁵⁰	30.5¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	24.1³³	9.9³³	-3.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1999: P39 from 42	1 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 39.0